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WORKSHOP ON DRAFT STANDARDIZED DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, 2022 FOR THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, UNION TERRITORIES OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS AND PUDUCHERRY – ORGANIZED BY BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS TODAY
Bureau of Indian Standards is a statutory body functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. It operates various schemes like Product Certification , Management Systems Certification, Hall Marking of Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and Laboratory Services for the benefit of the industry and in turn aiming at consumer protection.
A Two-day Workshop on Draft Standardized Development and Building Regulations, 2022 for the State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry was successfully organized by Bureau of Indian Standards at Chennai on 22-23 June 2023. The objective of the Workshop was to disseminate about the draft development and building regulations prepared by BIS in line with the National Building Code of India 2016 as well as leading national and international practices for better, efficient and transparent building regulation.
Another objective was to seek valuable feedback of the concerned bodies at the state/urban local body level so as to facilitate adoption of the document by them and its smooth implementation. This document is also aimed towards bringing uniformity in structuring and detailing of provisions in the regulations as well as the key approval processes throughout the country without sacrificing any specific/unique area specific need of the various states/UTs and their concerned bodies. The draft regulations which has been prepared in a structured and cogent manner for simple understanding and to avoid any scope for multiple interpretations, when adopted by the states/urban local bodies will ensure their effective implementation by the concerned stakeholders particularly by the building professionals and the authorities involved in building regulation. This will in turn ensure safety, sustainability, durability and accessibility in buildings and built environment as well as ease of doing business in building regulation activity.
The Workshop was attended by senior officials from the concerned State and UT Departments such as Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, Greater Chennai Corporation, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, Public Works Department, Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Town and Country Planning Department and Puducherry Planning Authority.
Dr A K Vishwansthan IPS., DGP and Managing Director of Tamilnadu Police Housing Corporation was the Chief Guest for the Programme. Smt G. Bhavani, Sc. ‘E’ & Head, BIS Chennai Branch Office welcomed the delegates to the Workshop.
Shri U. S. P. Yadav, Deputy Director General, BIS Southern Regional Office delivered the key note address and highlighted the importance of safe and resilient buildings in a country like India which is multi-disaster prone. He also stressed that building professionals have to play a critical role in disaster mitigation as well as in dealing with the issues of climate change, and they can ensure the same by delivering their duties diligently in accordance with the standards. He added that they must keep themselves updated with the latest advancements in their field including the updates in various standards.
Smt Madhurima Madhav, Sc. ‘D’/Jt. Director, BIS,New Delhi along with the team members from the Consultant for the BIS’ Project, Ernst & Young LLP presented about the specific features of the document as well as explained the contents of the various chapters of the draft regulations. The draft regulations was well received by the stakeholders and also very useful feedback on the document has been received in the interactive session.
It is worthwhile to mention that Govt of Puducherry has already shared their valuable feedback on the document with the Bureau and Govt of Tamil Nadu has taken proactive action by constituting a Committee to review the BIS’ document and share their comments on the same.